Admiral Brian Christine, Assistant Secretary of Health, told Newsmax on Thursday that while adults have the right to pursue gender-transition procedures if they choose, the federal government’s responsibility is to protect minors from what he described as harmful and irreversible medical interventions.
Appearing on “Greg Kelly Reports,” Christine said his priority is safeguarding children from surgeries and drugs that permanently alter their bodies while ensuring adults maintain full autonomy over their own medical decisions.
“If adult men and women choose to undergo these plastic-surgery procedures that change the external appearance of their body, they’re certainly welcome to do so,” Christine said.
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